Kite surfer dead after being pulled from Pacific

LOS ANGELES 
A 28-year-old Los Angeles kite surfer who died after being pulled unconscious from the ocean off Topanga State Beach has been identified.

The Los Angeles County coroner's office says Dante Torres of the San Fernando Valley was pronounced dead at Santa Monica UCLA Medical Center. An autopsy will determine the cause of death.

Sheriff's investigators say a lifeguard at the county beach east of Malibu was watching Torres and another kite surfer Monday evening when Torres hit the water. His rig went airborne but Torres stayed down.

City News Service says the lifeguard paddled out and found Torres face-down in the water. The kite surfer was brought to shore and the lifeguard tried to revive him before paramedics arrived and took him to the hospital.